The caligae were the standard military shoes from the beginning of the roman republic until the III century A.D. Its iron hobnails brings a firm grip on the terrain to the legionnary. Indian manufacture. Flat hobnails.
The caligae were the standard military shoes from the beginning of the roman republic until the III century A.D. Its iron hobnails brings a firm grip on the terrain to the legionnary. Indian manufacture. Conical hobnails.
Roman Caligae with hobnails, Castleford/Valkenburg type
Calcei was the term used to designate the closed shoes, and its military use was generalized from the end of the II century A.D.
Reconstruction of late-Roman auxillary boots found in Vindolanda, a Roman fort in northern England. Sole without nails. Indian manufacture.
It seems that carbatinae was a general term for the one-piece shoes, shoes with sole and upper cut from a single piece of leather.
This conical hobnails are very similar to the original roman hobnails. But they are also prone to slip in polished ground. And I mean SLIP!!!... 17 euros is the price of a bag with 120 hobnails to put in your caligae.